The corpus record

καλλιστ-εύω

kallisteuo

to be the finest

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Histories 6 · 0.33/10k

What it meant

καλλιστ-εύω · kallist-euō — LSJ

to be the finest, most beautiful

to be the finest or most beautiful, Hdt. 1.196, al., E. Tr. 226 (lyr.); of animals, Hdt. 4.72, 163: c. gen., καλλιστεύσει πασέων τῶν γυναικῶν Id. 6.61, cf. 7.180:—Med., δῶρʼ ἃ καλλιστεύεται τῶν νῦν ἐν ἀνθρώποισι E. Med. 947, cf. Ba. 409 (lyr.), Hipp. 1009: pf. part. Pass., ἀγώνων τῶν κεκαλλιστευμένων E. Oen. p.39A.; κεκ. θέαμα Procop. Aed. 1.1.

In the wild

καλλιστευομένα · kallisteuomena Euripides, Bacchae 409–413
καλλιστεύων · kallisteuōn Euripides, Trojan Women 2 (DIORISIS sentence 109)
καλλιστευούσας · kallisteuousas Herodotus, Histories 1.196.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1396)
καλλιστεύων · kallisteuōn Herodotus, Histories 4.163.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5111)
καλλιστεύουσαν · kallisteuousan Herodotus, Histories 4.180.3 (DIORISIS sentence 5205)
καλλιστευούσας · kallisteuousas Herodotus, Histories 6.32.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6338)

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Where it came from

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